The Homeric Hymns · 1899

XVI. To the Dioscouri

by Homer fl. c. 8th century BC

Translated by Andrew Lang (1899)

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Of Castor and Polydeuces do thou sing,--shrill Muse, the Tyndaridae, sons of Olympian Zeus, whom Lady Leda bore beneath the crests of Taygetus, having been secretly conquered by the desire of Cronion of the dark clouds. Hail, ye sons of Tyndarus, ye cavaliers of swift steeds.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, XVI. To the Dioscouri. Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-lang/15/.

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Homer. The Homeric Hymns, XVI. To the Dioscouri. Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/homeric-hymns-lang/15/.

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